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(Summary - LCD not reading D0 value) Well the parts finally arrived in the mail for me to start working on my HB. I have been assembling it step by step to ensure that debugging would be as simple as possible. I am at the stage where I hook up the (...) (29 years ago, 22-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: My handyboard does not run.....
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Dear Mr. Gleason, I gave up to download pcode from my PC (Dell Dimension XPS133c), and I tried to connect the board to Macinctosh (LC475). Then, I could download pcode and the board run well. As Fred's suggestion, the problem was not your board but (...) (29 years ago, 21-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | DL problems
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Hi everyone, I've noticed problems with both DL and DLM in certain situations too. At first I used to think that I made a mistake in configuration or ruined a controller somehow. Over time, however, I realized that these programs were finicky about (...) (29 years ago, 21-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | DLM and windows (95)
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I would suggest that fred is pretty much right on the mark with his suggestions of windows being the problem with DLM. I have noticed that: After using a full sized dos session and turning off emulating screen calls I get fewer errors, unless, 1) I (...) (29 years ago, 21-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | DLM for the modern age
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Hi all, Given Kazuyoshi and other's problems with DLM, if there are any Windows programmers out there who would want to take a stab at a Windows or W'95 implemention, it would be a Good Thing. I'm afraid I'm not qualified to take this on myself. The (...) (29 years ago, 21-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: My handyboard does not run.....
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Dear Mr. Inouye, I am disappointed to hear that your out-of-the-box experience with the Handy Board was not a perfect one. Your board passed all tests, and I believe that Fred's suggestions will solve the dlm difficulty. Please let me know if they (...) (29 years ago, 21-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: My handyboard does not run.....
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dlm is apparently having trouble. you've got the right COM port because it's able to get through the first phase of the download (the dots and dashes bootstrap). someone else had problems using dlm on a pentium. it's an aging dos program and i (...) (29 years ago, 21-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | My handyboard does not run.....
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Dear Master of HB, I bought a handy board made by Gleason Research (complete set), and connect RS232C cable to my PC. After I put the board into download mode, I put the command "a:> dlm pcode_hb." However, I found the following message on the (...) (29 years ago, 21-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sony IR Transmission Routine
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a wireless serial link requires surgery to IC. the HB side woudn't be bad. on the ic side you'd have to plug into the board comms routines (probably most are stashed away in a single library) and substitute your own code that deal with transmission (...) (29 years ago, 20-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Sony IR Transmission Routine
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OK, so now we can send and recieve sony IR transmissions. This is so totally cool I just can't believe it. But you know what would make it at least 10E23 times better? If I could re-direct IC so as to not use the serial port, but to use the IR port (...) (29 years ago, 20-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 6V question - is this OK?
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Is this OK for getting 6V to motors connected to the L293s? I tapped off the center of the battery back and get about 6V. I then soldered a wire at that point on the battery pack and then soldered the other end to pin 8 (Vs) of each of the L293s (I (...) (29 years ago, 20-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Thanks - HB back to life!
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Thanks to all who helped me restore my HB back to life. After shorting the battery pack on the board during the last assembly step, it turned out to be only the A1 processor blown. Also, a BIG THANKS to Prabal Dutta at Digital Micro System. I (...) (29 years ago, 20-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Sony IR Transmission Routine
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Here's an interrupt routine I wrote to emulate Sony remote controls using the IR driver circuitry on the handyboard. The usage instructions are in the file. Note that you will need some IR LEDs and a little bit of circuitry like the one advertised (...) (29 years ago, 20-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Probs w/ as11_ic in MSDOS?
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Hi all, I'm trying to compile an interrupt routine into an .icb file. However, when I run the as11_ic.bat file on my MS-DOS 286 machine, the routine hangs on the first gcc command. No errors, just goes away forever. Has anyone else run into this? I (...) (29 years ago, 17-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | MS-DOS to UNIX converter
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Hi all! Does somebody knows a free/shareware that converts a text file from MS-DOS format to UNIX format? Actually, it must strips the excessive Ctrl-j (or ctrl-m, I don't remember). I think somebody posted an URL address where you can do this (...) (29 years ago, 17-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Sony IR decoding driver
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Hi! I've downloaded the Sony infrared decoder and IC loads it fine. But when I input sony_init(1); IC does not find the function. Is there something I forgot? o___...___o | Remi Desrosiers /~~~...~~~ | Silverway a.k.a. Harlock /___ | (...) (29 years ago, 17-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Can't initialize CONFIG register
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Hi, Fred: You were right, Fred- changing computers solved the problem. I switched from using my Pentium machine to my old 386-33, and it worked fine. Some kind of timing issue? One interesting thing, though. I still get this error, whenever I D/L (...) (29 years ago, 17-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Can't initialize CONFIG register
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(...) You were right, Fred. I switched from my Pentium machine over to my old Everex 386-33... and the HB came right up. Go figure! Some kind of timing issue? One strange thing, though... on the second time through, the board still kicks the same (...) (29 years ago, 17-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: platform
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(...) Ah, this should be the device I saw. It's quite powerful and I think it would work extremely well outdoors. You can remove the trench-digger attachment and the front scoop and you've got a nice little tracked platform to attach a handyboard to (...) (29 years ago, 16-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: platform
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(...) Check out Toys R Us. There is a really neat series of construction vehicle toys (a bulldozer, frontendloader, dump truck, etc...) which could be used. If you wanted a tracked vehicle, check out the Bulldozer. I've got two of these for the (...) (29 years ago, 16-Feb-96, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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